****Michigan State Game Day Thread****

[3gunhusker]

1 hour ago, huskerfan333157 said:

The fact that you think 3-3-5 is the problem shows you haven't been watching Nebraska this year.  You're also saying Tony White is a bad defensive coordinator because the 335 is his scheme. 

And there’s a reason 3-3-5 is rare in CF…

[huskerfan333157]

13 minutes ago, 3gunhusker said:

And there’s a reason 3-3-5 is rare in CF…

Tcu went to the championship running the 335. The fact you think our defensive coordinator is bad shows how much you truly pay attention or no the game.

[Savage Husker]

5 minutes ago, huskerfan333157 said:

Tcu went to the championship running the 335. The fact you think our defensive coordinator is bad shows how much you truly pay attention or no the game.

Sounded like players gambled, failed their assignments, and lost. MSUs first TD drive sounded like that, at least from the way Benning described what he saw on a couple plays. 

[PaulCrewe]

21 minutes ago, Savage Husker said:

Sounded like players gambled, failed their assignments, and lost. MSUs first TD drive sounded like that, at least from the way Benning described what he saw on a couple plays. 

A lot of it was Tommy Hill returned to his normal self, not the guy playing in the 31 uniform the two previous games

[Archy1221]

The defense gave up only 20 points on a day the NU offense was piss poor again with 3 turnovers and less than 300 yards going into the last drive.  And Michigan St, was starting almost every drive at around their own 40 yr line.   
 

It ain’t the defense fault.  They are not going to hold every opponent to 10 points or less no matter how much we want them to.  This loss is solely on the offense 

[Scofrosghost]

Not that we didn’t suck but if that blatant PI was called and the Michigan State TD that was actually an incomplete pass was reversed, we win that game

[knapplc]

You guys aren't going to believe this, but they just reviewed a Northwestern catch where the ball touched the ground and reversed it - incomplete pass.

 

It's bizarre how two different crews can see two similar plays completely differently. 

1 hour ago, ZRod said:

If the roles were reversed I wouldn't have a problem with it being overturned. Way too much hand movement, and it looked like his fingers actually opened up off the ball before he rolled over.

 

We can keep tropping out the tired line that the team needs to play better, but fans across the B1G b!^@h about the poor officiating every week. This is a billion dollar industry, where the officials make very good money for a part time gig. The players and fans deserve better 

 

[ZRod]

59 minutes ago, knapplc said:

You guys aren't going to believe this, but they just reviewed a Northwestern catch where the ball touched the ground and reversed it - incomplete pass.

 

It's bizarre how two different crews can see two similar plays completely differently. 

 

Was it last week too or a couple weeks ago where we had a similar play that where it could have gone either way and they said it was a catch? I don't know how you can improve the rule, these are really difficult calls to male live or in review, but maybe there needs to be a lot of off season seminars to get all the officials on the same page with interpretation.

[Savage Husker]

1 hour ago, PaulCrewe said:

A lot of it was Tommy Hill returned to his normal self, not the guy playing in the 31 uniform the two previous games

Haha, were you listening to the radio too or pick that up on TV?

[PaulCrewe]

11 minutes ago, Savage Husker said:

Haha, were you listening to the radio too or pick that up on TV?

You didn't have to watch much to see normal AH playing corner.  WIll be nice when he is back to a nickel/dime roll only

[TherealTomOsborne]

Unpopular Opinion maybe:  Heinrich Haarberg is a division 3 level passer and Marcus SatterField called a good enough game to win.  Heinrich missed tons of open Receivers this game.  His field vision and awareness is terrible.

 

Popular Opinion: These refs sucked. Wtf

[Stone Cold]

3 hours ago, TherealTomOsborne said:

Unpopular Opinion maybe:  Heinrich Haarberg is a division 3 level passer and Marcus SatterField called a good enough game to win.  Heinrich missed tons of open Receivers this game.  His field vision and awareness is terrible.

 

Popular Opinion: These refs sucked. Wtf

Either way he is our QB, we can win 2 of the next 3 games that will give the team alot of momentum into next year, have a above 500 record for the first time in a long time.  Keep playing, keep driving, keep learning.  Learn to win, one game at a time, one down at a time, One Snap, One Yard whatever it takes.  

[knapplc]

Aside from the bad officiating, which hurt both teams at different times, this game mostly looks like Michigan State did their homework and figured out a few things.

 

They kept a safety deep in center field for that play-action bomb we've been hitting on. Picked it off, on a play that would have been the game-winning touchdown if Haarberg had just thrown it to his receiver. Re-watching that play, Bullock fakes to the center of the field and then cuts back, creating some really good separation. Just as he fakes, Haarberg throws - to the center of the field. He bit on the WR's fake.

 

Hutmacher was not double-teamed the entire game. He was pretty much contained by their Center one-on-one. Robinson wasn't wreaking havoc like he has the last three games, either. The entire front seven seemed uninspired. For a defense going up against  a banged-up O Line, we should have had a lot more pressure on their QB. I don't know if Polar Bear and Robinson are slowed by injuries, but they have drastically dropped in production the last two games.

[ColoradoHusk]

37 minutes ago, knapplc said:

Aside from the bad officiating, which hurt both teams at different times, this game mostly looks like Michigan State did their homework and figured out a few things.

 

They kept a safety deep in center field for that play-action bomb we've been hitting on. Picked it off, on a play that would have been the game-winning touchdown if Haarberg had just thrown it to his receiver. Re-watching that play, Bullock fakes to the center of the field and then cuts back, creating some really good separation. Just as he fakes, Haarberg throws - to the center of the field. He bit on the WR's fake.

 

Hutmacher was not double-teamed the entire game. He was pretty much contained by their Center one-on-one. Robinson wasn't wreaking havoc like he has the last three games, either. The entire front seven seemed uninspired. For a defense going up against  a banged-up O Line, we should have had a lot more pressure on their QB. I don't know if Polar Bear and Robinson are slowed by injuries, but they have drastically dropped in production the last two games.

Hutmacher may be just wearing down from a full year of playing a lot of snaps.  I know he played some last year, but he wasn't getting as many snaps as he is this year.  That NT takes a beating every game, so it's natural to wear down some.

[Mavric]

1 hour ago, knapplc said:

Aside from the bad officiating, which hurt both teams at different times, this game mostly looks like Michigan State did their homework and figured out a few things.

 

They kept a safety deep in center field for that play-action bomb we've been hitting on. Picked it off, on a play that would have been the game-winning touchdown if Haarberg had just thrown it to his receiver. Re-watching that play, Bullock fakes to the center of the field and then cuts back, creating some really good separation. Just as he fakes, Haarberg throws - to the center of the field. He bit on the WR's fake.

 

Hutmacher was not double-teamed the entire game. He was pretty much contained by their Center one-on-one. Robinson wasn't wreaking havoc like he has the last three games, either. The entire front seven seemed uninspired. For a defense going up against  a banged-up O Line, we should have had a lot more pressure on their QB. I don't know if Polar Bear and Robinson are slowed by injuries, but they have drastically dropped in production the last two games.

 

Yeah, I was wondering about that play as well.  From the low-angle replay you can see Bullock cut like he's running to the post.  And that's where HH throws it.  But after the ball is released Bullock adjusts back to a fly pattern and the pass is nowhere near.  Curious if they are both supposed to read it and adjust the route or how that works.  It appears that Bullock ran it correctly.  And HH has to know there's a safety there.  But it sure looked like HH thought Bullock was going to the post and threw it there.